Talk:Coins

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Added Under Construction tag. Shadowdancer 18:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC) Really? Heh, I thought gold pieces was the proper way to refer to money. Hyenaste^talk 18:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Hover your mouse over a pile of coins. It says "Coins". :| Shadowdancer 18:55, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Gold pieces was the proper way back in RSC, though. :) Oddlyoko 18:56, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Ooh, that's before my time. OF course, if you examine a pile of coins, it says "Lovely money!" Hyenaste^talk 19:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Was gold pieces ever actual runescape terminology, or is that just a player introduced thing. I've always thought that we need to refer to Coins rather than Gold pieces, of which there seems to be no mention in the current game? --Eucarya 22:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

The dwarf who you buy ale yeast from in Kedlagrim refers to his payment as "25 GP". As far as I'm aware, this is the only use of GP in-game. Mebbe a "Trivia" section with this in...? 80.3.96.42 21:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Probably an error on Jagex's behalf. Listening to the players are they? Hyenaste^talk 21:03, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll send a message in and ask. Erm...But is that a yes or a no to the Trivia? 80.3.96.42 21:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

At the Al-Kharid toll gate, there is an option that says Pay-toll(10gp). -- Couchpotato99 (talk) (contribs) 04:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

There's a chance that it was never official, but I'll tell you this much: coins were referred to as GP for as long as I've been playing, and that goes back to 2001 or early 2002. I seem to remember it being used in game a lot back then however (by NPC's, examine info, etc). But I could easily be mistaken, that was a really long time ago.Endasil 03:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

• Suggestion, add images (or a composite image) of the piles of coins - Our own version of RHQ currency guide - It appears there are 10 possible images for a stack of coins, unless we discover others. Perhaps ours should be on a real background. Ace of Risk 22:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Done. Hyenaste^talk 22:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Inflation 2 Source for the dwarf 3 New source for GP 4 Ha! 5 Merging it with Money Making Guide? 6 Vandalism 7 Coin spawns 8 What it looks like when coins pile up higher and higher 9 The Color Of Coins 10 Maybe both coins and GP are correct?

[edit] Inflation

Perhaps we should mention the value of the coin on this page. Hyenaste^talk 22:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure how we can reflect that. A coin is a coin is a coin, after all. Shadowdancer 02:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Links to the economy section or trade might give a hint of the changing value of currency in RuneScape. A coin is a coin, but purchasing power can and does shift.--Curmudgeony 03:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Source for the dwarf

I got the info about the dwarf's genetic obsession with gold from Mod Matt P.

Messages sent to you by Jagex are strictly confidential and are intended only for the owner of the account to which they are sent. The contents of these messages must not be disclosed to any other person or copies taken.

So I can't show you the message. And, of course, he was probably making it up as he went along. Nevertheless, it's a factoid.

The kebabsh are coming! Vimescarrot 15:08, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

It used to be called gold pieces before I believe. I have to research on it. Bookinvestor

[edit] New source for GP

From the new parent's guide in the Manual:

RuneScape is a fantasy RPG. Although it is set in a fictional world, many aspects of the game are very familiar. Like the real world, RuneScape has an economy; players can buy and sell items from shops or trade with one another and can even dictate their own prices. The in-game currency is called GP (gold pieces) and allows players to purchase anything they might need to live within the gaming world. If their character loses health, they will need to eat and drink in order to replenish. If a player wants to attempt a more dangerous quest, then they will need better armour and supplies in order to succeed. They can even chop wood, smith nails and weave cloth in order to build and maintain their very own house.

Hmm... JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 18:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Note that on all postbag posts, [1], the stamp's pricing is in terms of gp, not coins. I think it's becoming more and more apparent that those that think that "GP" is the spawn of the devil just need to cool it and accept they were wrong...see also User:Endasil#GP vs. Coins Endasil 18:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

They say gp all the time in RuneScape Classic as well. Example:

. It really doesn't matter. Dtm142 15:55, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I found another source of the term "GP". In RuneScape: The Official Handbook, there are a couple instances of this term.

On Page 11:

4. Sell Your Stuff. Just like the real world, money makes the RuneScape world go 'round. You can sell just about anything you catch or make to stores or other players. A good way to practice is to kill a chicken in Lumbridge. Chop down a tree, then cook the chicken over a fire. You can eat the cooked chicken of course, or you can sell it to the general store for 1 GP (or gold piece). It's not much, but you can kill and cook more chickens until the GPs add up, and you'll also get experience (known as XP, or experience points, in RuneScape talk)!

And the title of Section 8: More XP Equals More GPs.

10. Get to a Bank. If by some chance your character dies (and it probably will), don't freak out. You will end up in Lumbridge - but any GPs you were carrying will be gone. Keep most of your GPs in a bank and you will have something to fall back on in times of trouble. You can find a bank on the top floor of Lumbridge Castle. Zeldafanjtl 00:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ha!

"If you are really lucky, someone may have dropped a few k by accident. Take it. If they start saying "give it back n00b" Just add them to your ignore list and walk off."

Guess it's time to stop acting nice. If you find it, it's yours, no questions asked. 202.67.95.17 07:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Umm...well that's kinda mean...Dreadnought 18:20, 23 September 2006 (UTC) who says rs is a nice place with freindly users all the time? if its on the ground is fair game.--stawars6 18:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm with that! --User:Crazy Torren

Who the heck is stupid enough to drop 5k on accident?! Now, im not a mean person, I do nice things on runescape, for example, if I see someones pickaxe head fall off, then ill give it to them if i picked it up, but imo, if there stupid enough drop 5k (and keep in mind they have 1 min to pick it back up agian) then then they probably don't desirve it. Tesfan 02:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merging it with Money Making Guide?

I think this should be merged with the Money Making Guide --Yuenho 03:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

It will not be merged with the money making guide.--◙▲╛Whiplash ◙▲╛ 16:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

This page seems to get a lot of attention from vandals. Is there a way to lock it from new users/unregistered users, like you can in Wikipedia? Endasil 03:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I've seen it too. Quite annoying! I think it should be locked to unregistered/new users so they'll have to go vandalize something or somewhere else. Chiafriend12 04:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I haven't noticed a particularly large amount of vandalism. Nothing that warrants protecting, anyway; I believe it's supposed to be something of a last resort. JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 17:15, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, we're not at a state of last resort._{...or are we?} Chiafriend12 00:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coin spawns

What is the purpose of the coin spawn section? I have a feeling that this section has no real use...half of the places we're listing are so hard or expensive to get to, most players would be losing money by trying to get money there (ex using a 300ish gp law rune to get a few coins using telegrab). Is this supposed to be a money-making strategy? if so, it doesn't belong here, it belongs in the Money Making Guide. If not, then who really cares where this stuff respawns? Coin spawns are NOT a significant source of coins being introduced to Runescape (I'd hazard a guess that spawns contribute around a thousandth of a percent to the net coin count of RS, high alch, shops, and monster drops being the main sources). Endasil (Talk) @ 17:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What it looks like when coins pile up higher and higher

I think someone should add what it looks like to have 10mil Patcong ^talk 19:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

You stupid noob stop putting it 1gp.

Didn't want to do this but I'm reporting! Patcong ^talk 01:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I warned the IP to stop. He'll be blocked if he does it again.--Richard (Talk - Contribs) 01:25, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Patcong ^talk 01:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

how can u block me u noob?

Lol and you calling us the noob....Go check report vandalism. Keep it up and you're get yourself blocked. Which I would kinda enjoy.=D Patcong ^talk 01:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Lol, IP dude, only admins can :). Like me :). Chiafriend12 03:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Wait, isn't that an attack on a user to call Pat a "stupid noob"? Chiafriend12 03:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

i didn't call him a stupid noob i said noob not stupid noob

Oh, my bad. I guess I thought I saw a "stupid" in there. Chiafriend12 05:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

No, he called pat a stupid noob. the exact phrase is:

"You stupid noob stop putting it 1gp." Tesfan 19:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh. I was looking at the "how can u block me u noob?" phrase. Should this guy be blocked for attacking a user and fooling me/resisting arrest? Chiafriend12 02:06, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

i dunno... how long would he be blocked? Tesfan 02:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, I got the link. It says "You stupid noob stop putting it 10mil" Not sure if that matters. But heres the link: http://runescape.wikia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Coins&direction=prev&oldid=110484

--Blankothe3rd 02:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

A 2 hour to a day block probably. Chiafriend12 02:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I think that helped..... --Blankothe3rd 02:41, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

What helped? I haven't blocked him yet...Chiafriend12 02:51, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

The link, because of that link you got enough evidence to block him. :) Blankothe3rd 02:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, K. To the block page!!! :D Chiafriend12 02:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Errrmmm...Pat was the one who said "stupid noob". I believe our IP man is innocent. Chiafriend12 02:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

No need to object. I will view that. :P User:Blankothe3rdBlankothe3rd 03:01, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

shouldn't Pat be banned for calling someone a "stupid noob"?

Jackblack2 03:05, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

1st of all it's called blocked, get it right, and second of all he was vandalizing not just once but about 3 times. I wouldn't have called him stupid if he wasn't vandalizing heck I wouldn't even have called him a noob. Patcong ^talk 01:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

y are u now calling me noob? User:Jackblack2 03:05, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, sorry I pasted it and I guess it added another noob.. Let me fix that. Patcong ^talk 01:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

i agree Patcong should be banned. Zezzy 01:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Again....It's called blocked. Banned is something you can't access anymore. Patcong ^talk 01:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

does it look like i am banned? Zezzy 01:39, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Lol do you have something against me or something I'm not the only one saying stupid. There is a forum that says dammit and I don't see you saying I think you should be blocked or how you say it banned lol. Patcong ^talk 01:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think youUnderstand I didn't say you were banned I said, It is not called banned it is called blocked in wiki. Patcong ^talk 01:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Pat's not gonna "banned" or blocked for that matter. If anyone it's Zezzy's Pet or Jackblack2, not that you've done anything. Chiafriend12 01:45, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

try your hardest to block me. Zezzy 01:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Ummmm... I think chiafriend12 can he is a admin aren't you? Oh, yeah I think you should delete all of this to the part of think someone should add what it looks like to have 10mil. All this argueing doesn't have anything to do with coins. Patcong ^talk 01:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

on your page u say u have 15m to keep safe, y cant u take a pic of it? Zezzy 01:56, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Ummm.....This is embarrising lol but I don't know how to add pic to wiki. Patcong ^talk 01:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Zezzy, do you want me to block you? Chiafriend12 02:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

OMG, I'm so dumb...Zezzy and BlackJack are the same person. I'll go block them in an hour unless someone objects. Chiafriend12 02:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

y would u block me??? Zezzy 02:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Let me answer this. We're going to block you because you dared us to try and block you, plus you're a vandal, a pussy, and you haven't shut up since you got here. —Total Rune (talk • contribs) forgot to sign this comment.

TR, maybe you should just log out for the night. I know you're in a bad mood and it's not helping.

You guys spammed the hell out of this talk page. Richard said he warned the guy, that should have been the end of it. And WHY would you revert Hyenaste's edit trying to clean this page up? --Wowbagger421 04:19, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

.....Let me think about it....No. Oh and Zezzy, since you want to see it so bad, I got my brother to run Moparscape (private server) and generate 15M cash and take a picture. Here you go. Image:15Mcash.PNG By the way guys I can get pictures of coins as they stack up for this article. Total Rune04:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

i thot i was blocked Zezzy 09:20, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

hello and i got an account now

I see. Chiafriend12 00:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone else think we should delete this section? It's just a big flame war that doesn't need to be here. Zeldafanjtl 00:35, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any reason why we should delete it. Is it even allowed in Wikia to delete talk page topics?  C Teng ^{talk · update} 15:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

It's allowed if it's not otherwise said, and on this wiki, it's otherwise said. Chiafriend12 00:24, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Color Of Coins

In the recent update the color of the number in coins has changed, 1-99,999 coins is the normal yellow color, 100,000-999,999 coins is an odd White color, 1m-999m coins is a even more weird green color.. 1bil+... Unknown how can we incorporate this?--Alex 17:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

This has been incorporated in Truncation which is linked from Coins Endasil (Talk) @ Endasil 17:40, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Errr i thought you took a picture of my 10mil....And alex your wrong, 10mil+is green, 9,999,999- is still white.

Patcong ^talk 00:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC) 1-99,999 = yellow 100k - 9,999,999 = white 10,000,000-999,999,999 = green above =red

[edit] Maybe both coins and GP are correct?

Think about US currency. We have the formal term, dollars, but we also have other slang terms, like bucks, which are still accepted. Maybe they are both correct? Zeldafanjtl 18:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Um.. that argument ended over a year ago.  C Teng ^{talk · update} 21:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)